Big Mack – tips and ideas
Advice on how and when to use a big mack. For children and young people at any early communication stage
Toolkit Resources
Blanks questioning information
Advice sheet with the different Blanks levels of questioning. Examples for each stage
Blanks resource pack
Pack contains a Blanks bookmark that has example questions for each stage. Also ideas of Blanks questions for popular children’s books.
Bus sorting – Initial sound listening (no words)
A sorting game to practice listening for sounds at the beginning of words. No written word on pictures gives children less clues.
Bus Sorting – Initial sound listening (with words)
A sorting game to practice listening for sounds at the beginning of words. The written word can make the task easier for some children.
Cerebral palsy handout – Communication
A handout explaining how we work with and support young people with cerebral palsy and communication difficulties.
Cerebral palsy handout – Eating, drinking and swallowing
A handout explaining how we work with and support young people with cerebral palsy and eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties.
Children who eat or drink too fast or overfill their mouth
Tips and strategies to support children who overfill their mouth at meal and snack times
Children with restricted diets
Advice on supporting children who have a limited range of foods
Cluttering advice sheet
An advice sheet explaining what cluttering is and the main features of cluttering.
Colour coding pack 1
The first pack in our colour coding resource series. Supporting children to use verbs.
Colour coding pack 2
The second pack in our series. Introduces ‘subject’ or who words. Supporting children to join who + what doing words in a sentence (subject + verb)